Hamsterdam Bet Everything On Bratwurst
by RossWB on Oct 7, 2011 7:39 PM CDT
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C'MON, BRATWURST! DADDY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES!
Ahem. Here's your regularly scheduled open thread for Friday evening. There's playoff baseball, college football (Fresno State-Boise State), and whatever else you care to watch on a Friday night. The usual rules of open threading apply: no illegal online streams, no porn, no inflammatory political/religious talk, no slurs, etc. Keep the douchebaggery to a minimum and everything will be kosher.
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Sam Adams Autumn Sampler
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 7, 2011 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Go Hawks!! Both the hockey kind and footballs kind WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Sports!! And drinking!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Also.
"Pursue happiness... with diligence."
Iowa hockey?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I have a friend that continues to text me “Go Hawks” on random nights about the Blackhawks even though I told him it confuses me.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 7, 2011 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions
They got robbed tonight.
Lehtonen was unreal in goal and got lucky on a few shots. just one of those games.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 7, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
The National Anthem before sports events is kinda dumb, but showing it on the teevee is really dumb.
Sorry Ricky.
"Pursue happiness... with diligence."
It's a holdover from the the days when the U.S. openly flirted with Nationalism
the WWI era
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
Only because it doesn't elicit an emotional response in most people.
Ray Lewis, however, was in tears last week after the National Anthem.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
He has a lot of love for a land where you can stab someone and still make millions of dollars.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Oct 9, 2011 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Unless it's the Blackhawks, where everyone says "fuck etiquette" and cheers.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 7, 2011 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Carlos Gomez is very very fast.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Speed is a nice attribute to have.
It is also the name of a drug. There are many factors involved in choosing exactly how you’re going to mock Pitt fans, but insulting their intelligence is never the wrong answer.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
And very very dumb
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Oct 7, 2011 9:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, well, can't win 'em all.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
How does one deal
with going into a game where he honestly believes the team he supports is probably better and playing at home, but expects a loss anyway, but thinks that’s kind of OK because he believes in the moral greatness and artistic merit of the opponent?
The answer: 114 proof bourbon
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
Boise's wearing the big horseyhead helmets.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Boise's droppin 50 on Fresno, correct?
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
seems likely
i bet on kellen moore before the season to win the heisman at 16/1. he’s now 7/1, which is good, but i feel like he’s got almost no shot because boise has so few marquee opponents left. he’s going to put up insane numbers and get invited to nyc but can’t win unless there are no other good candidates.
Yeah, for him, it's not going to matter what the numbers are. They're expected to be great.
He’ll need EVERY OTHER marquee name to fall on their face, maybe twice.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
Go Bulldogs
Vanquish the blue menace.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 7, 2011 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Whatever
When it’s a fight between San Diego State, Georgia, TCU, and Toledo as to who the best team on your schedule is, you don’t deserve MNC consideration unless every Big Ten, SEC, and Big 12 school has 3 losses.
My rule is this: if the 6th best Big Ten team would be 7+ point favorites against everyone on your schedule, you do not deserve MNC consideration.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
I'm watching Boise St... However
I’ll set the O/U at 51/2 on TLR calls to the bullpen. Whaddya got?
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
god i hate him
girardi was doing his best la russa impression last night. girardi has entered the rare pantheon of northwestern alums that i hate, up there with tim doyle and this clown steve burton who is in the boston sports media.
Good evening Hamsterdamites
Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 7, 2011 9:30 PM CDT reply actions
Watching this Boise State - Fresno State game
is like watching the movie Justin to Kelly. it is stupid but there is really nothing else on that I want to watch
Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 7, 2011 9:32 PM CDT reply actions
Not really
Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 7, 2011 9:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Brewers/Cardinals will be a fun series
Brewers/Tigers would be extremely enjoyable. And I’m a Twins fan.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Oct 7, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm a huge twins fan and I'm rooting for Detroit all the way.
You take out the Yanks, and you got a fan for the rest of the playoffs.
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Though bittersweet watching Young, Gomez, and Punto in the playoffs
I guess I begrudgingly miss Lil Nicky the most
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Oct 7, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Remember three years ago when the Twins thought they had a chance at signing Halladay
Wow were they dreaming
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Oct 7, 2011 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I hated Punto.
I miss Go-Go.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
OK, not "hate."
But he frustrated the shit out of me.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Love/hate for me
Enough on the hate side that the wife wouldn’t let me name the dog Nicky Punto.
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Oct 7, 2011 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
It is crazy here in my apartment complex tonight
There are a lot of Ball State students that live in this complex, and tomorrow is homecoming for BSU, so lots of parties going on. I took my dog out for a walk was offered like 15 drinks.
Hail to Kirk Ferentz the First and to the "Iowa Magna Carta"
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
by Bloodpunch's Barbasol on Oct 7, 2011 9:40 PM CDT reply actions
so i'm assuming you are now hammered drunk
having accepted all 15…
He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 7, 2011 10:05 PM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Dick Stockton needs to retire.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
just got back from Carver (my first time since the gussying-up)
…where Iowa just squeaked by IU in a matchup of co-last place volleyball teams.
The new “club seats” they put in look kinda nice. Black, padded seats. I’m not sold on the curtains they’re using for the smaller sports. Maybe with women’s bball it’ll feel better since there will be more people, but with 1,300 people for vball, it still feels pretty empty. Mediacom court, of course, is Mediacom-tastic.
The court randomly stops working for 2-3 hours?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Oct 7, 2011 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
In hindsight, I wish I had prepared a joke to go along with that line. In reality, I've got nothing
But I do like the look of the Tigerhawk on the court. It’s bigger than before, if I recall
Still trying to picture what the curtain looks like.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Hawkeyesports has a photo gallery The best part is the big Tigerhawk along the north side. Hard to go wrong there.
The student section got moved too, didn't it?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Stupid "behind the basket" seating.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
It's really refreshing not having the Red Sox or Yankees in the playoffs
I wonder if Buck/McCarver will just sit next to each other in awkward silence with nothing to talk about.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
no mccarver for the first 2 games of the LCS!
he’s having heart surgery. terry francona will fill in
I'm sure they won't talk about the Red Sox at all.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Or worse, the Cubs.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Best of luck for his surgery.
But I do hope he takes his time recovering.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 8, 2011 3:17 AM CDT up reply actions
It's go time for the Phillies.
Couldn’t of asked to have a better part of their lineup up either
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 10:02 PM CDT reply actions
That was a very Nick Punto way to end the inning.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I guess I'm rooting for the Phils. No idea why. I mean, other than the fact that I hate TLR.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
Well, If Ryan Howard wants to become a legend.
This is where it starts.
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 10:06 PM CDT reply actions
ok ryan howard
last chance to eliminate drunk at a red light la russa
oh he's hurt
imagine if that had gotten through and he got thrown out by the right fielder at first
I'm not sure he could beat a throw from RF even if he hadn't fallen on his face out of the box.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow. Ryan Howard LaMicheal James'd that last hit
Too soon?
You got no fear of the underdog; That's why you will not survive!
by YouCanPutYourEddsInIt on Oct 7, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuckin ESPN scheduling a stupid mismatch tonight.
I hate baseball and now I’m stuck not watching sports. This should never happen in the fall.
Boise is mismatched against someone in October?
Would have never guessed.
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
wow.. i don't know why I bothered to turn it on.
He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 7, 2011 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions
being a Boise fan has to kinda blow
I just couldnt see myself getting all excited about the big win over Fresno St.
He sired a baseball team... An orchestra, if you count the bastards!
by SaturdayMorningKegStanzis on Oct 7, 2011 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Being a Boise fan probably sucks enough on its own.
Crushing teams that don’t belong on the same field is just an extra boring part of their fandom.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
nothing to do
but troll opposing teams and writers
However, betting on Boise to cover.
Almost always pays off.
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Boise State Games...
…for being so exciting, they are the most boring thing in the world.
Nice life.
Bet there's hockey on, eh?
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, shit, you're right.
Oh well. Already gave the TV to the wife.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions
So they're offering the NHL Youngblood package or whatever the fuck it's called for free right now and it's not even in HD.
Seriously? I’m going to buy a package to watch hockey in SD?
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I refuse to watch anything in standard anymore.
That is of course until I move out of my apartment that my gf and I live in and let her keep the TV. …
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions
It's outrageous. Every time I come home Megan is watching something in SD.
I genuinely feel bad for my big beautiful television. It’s not right.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions
She's out of her mind.
After getting HD watching SD is torturous.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Watching SD on an HD TV is just stupid.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
My fucking roommates, too!
I know I’m late on the convo, but wanted to chime in.
Every morning when I turn the TV on, it’s on one of the SD channels. And it’s always a channel that we ALSO have in HD!
by EastLosRandy on Oct 8, 2011 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions
My wife used to do that.
I had to sit her down and show her the difference. She quit doing watching SD almost immediately.
by The Mexican't on Oct 8, 2011 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
I repeat: Megan don't care. No matter what I do.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
She just doesn't give a fuck. I don't get it.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Does she have terrible vision?
Maybe if she leaves her glasses off and watches SD it’s all fine.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
She just doesn't care. It's very odd.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
YeS! [looks around nervously]
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Every time I order a PPV at home I have to watch it in SD because my cable company is stupid.
It’s miserable. If I’m spending $40 for 3 hours of entertainment it should be in HD.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Except PPVs in HD are even MORE expensive.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
DirecTV has NHL Center Ice in HD for free right now...
Cheering for inconsistent, undisciplined teams [Twins, Wild, Packers, Hawkeyes] since 1989. "False Hope is better than No Hope"
How long does that last? A week?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I think it said until the 23rd or 25th
Cheering for inconsistent, undisciplined teams [Twins, Wild, Packers, Hawkeyes] since 1989. "False Hope is better than No Hope"
Wow, that's a long preview.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I'm pretty sure it's a "Hey sports fans, the NBA isn't on, wanna watch us instead?" deal
Cheering for inconsistent, undisciplined teams [Twins, Wild, Packers, Hawkeyes] since 1989. "False Hope is better than No Hope"
Yeah.
Doesn’t do much for me since all the Wild games are on FSN anyway.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You'd see more goals at an ICP Gathering.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 7, 2011 11:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Also more poo-flinging.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I'm not sure if ICP
are idiots, geniuses, or both.
They certainly seem like idiots, but the money they’ve made through the shrewd business decisions they’ve made would beg to differ.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
I'd call them fortunate.
They didn’t chase the masses. They just honed a very specific product that no one else was offering and the juggalos found them. So in a way, ICP is Steve Jobs and Apple.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
NBA has been giving 2 week previews of their Full Court package at the beginning of the season
and 1 week after the All Star break for a few years. Only reason I’m hoping that the lockout lasts a full season is so they feel compelled to start offering sweetheart deals to get fans back.
Well, isn't what LeBron did last night the living embodiment of The Secret, leaving millions on the table and turning himself into a hometown villain, all for the sake of winning?
Neil Paine, basketball-reference.com
I'M YABBS! I HAVE DIRECTV! I'M THE BEST!
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
More like
“I’M YABBS! I LIVE WITH MY PARENTS BECAUSE I’M A DUMB UNEMPLOYED RECENT GRADUATE! I’M DEPRESSED!”
/PLEASEHIREME
Cheering for inconsistent, undisciplined teams [Twins, Wild, Packers, Hawkeyes] since 1989. "False Hope is better than No Hope"
It'd be worth it to have DirecTV. I miss it so much.
We can’t get it in the condo we’re in. I think we’re buying a house so I can get DirecTV and Megan can get a dog.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
I thought you had a dog...
Whose dog shows up in random twitpics every now and again?
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
That's our black nephew. Megan's sister's dog. We babysit him all the time when they go out of town.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 11:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Drunken Tony rides again!
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
tooooooooony
you don’t have to stay at the red light
I feel like we're headed for a Milwaukee-Texas World Series.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Suck it Phillies.
Off to wash the dog!
PS. If the grill assembly directions say 40 minutes, it’ll actually be 2 hours with 40 minutes spent trying to attach the non essential fake looking chrome plastic base plate on the side burner knob.
Go Hawks and may your brats be juicy.
by RH's Bookie on Oct 7, 2011 10:15 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
So what is there to watch now?
Oh by the way, did anyone see American Horror Story on Wednesday?
More sex than scary, but lots of sex. I can’t believe they get away with the shit they were showing.
Also, Homeland was pretty good too. If you have Showtime, I highly recommend watching the pilot on-demand.
It was good.
Nothing really mind-blowing, but it looks like it’s going to go into a Rosemary’s Baby direction. The most sexually charged part has to do with the main male character sees the maid, who is surely a ghost, as this REALLY REALLY HOT maid, and his wife sees her as a old haggard house keeper. And this is where the sucks comes in…If she’s doing somthing really sexy, and the wife walks in…It ends badly for my mental state.
I watched AHS. Not sure where it's going but at least it's different.
As I said on Twitter, I watched the fucking Killing for 13 weeks so I’m pretty sure I can give AHS a few eps.
I DVRd Homeland but haven’t watched yet. I’ll check it out for sure.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm still bitter about the badness that was The Killing.
What a complete letdown.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Did you watch Rubicon last year?
Can’t wait for that to start back up. AMC does their series’ right. I see big similarities between Rubicon and Homeland, Except one focuses more on domestic terrorists (Rubicon) and the other on converted nationals (Homeland), strange, I know.
I liked it a lot but it was really a one-season story arc.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 8, 2011 3:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I watched the pilot, let like 8 eps stack up on the DVR then deleted them without watching.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
If I was going to kill a tv show it would be everything on CBS.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions
But what will we do without Nerd Blackface?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
We'll get by.
I don’t even watch Amazing Race anymore. Or Letterman. It’s all gone to hell at the eye.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I really enjoyed the pilot, but we didn't bother recording it.
After it was cancelled I was glad I never got into it because I’d probably have been disappointed.
I had a hard time getting over the cancellation of The Riches.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I also blame mad men and breaking bad.
I just do. I’m in a bad mood now. And these poison ivy steroids aren’t helping.
Blame Walking Dead.
It proved AMC could have a show that wasn’t just critically acclaimed but lightly watched.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I have extremely low expectations for Walking Dead S2.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I have mixed emotions.
It wouldn’t take much to make it really awesome (and there are about a dozen plots/characters they could /should crib from the comic…), but I fear they’re going to keep heading down the dumb route they headed down for too much of S1.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, S1 started great, then it was filler and ended weak.
How do you have a 6 episode season with filler? Now S2 had already had its showrunner and all of the writers replaced. Not a good sign. I’ll watch anyway, cus I’m a mark for zombies, but still.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Exactly.
Sending the showrunner packing is enough to completely derail expectations. I just hope they kill the friend quickly.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Shane?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, the attempted rapist.
He’s the Hank Schrader of Walking Dead. (Before Hank’s mid-season turnaround, anyway)
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I'm curious to see what they do with him.
They’ve already diverged from the comic with him.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Epic advertising win.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
by RossWB on Oct 7, 2011 10:33 PM CDT reply actions 5 recs
Wow. The person that wrote that description probably has at least a purple belt in troll-jitsu
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd like one of those.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 7, 2011 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
I KEPT CLICKING THE "R" IN YOUR PHOTO BUT IT WOULDN'T RECORD. WANT!
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Minnesota is not going to win another game this season.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Or next.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously, I have multiple Gopher fans up here saying they don't even want to be in the Big 10. They honestly want to go to the MAC.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Losing 10 games can't be fun.
But knowing that you’re going to lose 10 games has to be gut-wrenching.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Let me put on my "Iowa 1999"
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Let me put on my "Iowa 1999" hat...
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Wasn't that bad.
My Frosh year at Iowa…got really drunk alot and cared more about tailgating at the field house lot then football though.
Eh, it was pretty bad.
1-10 and they got smoked multiple times.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
But here there's no tailgating and they string together year after year of beatdowns. If they had morals it'd be demoralizing.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
True, forgot about the no tailgating thing.
And, yeah, the year after year of abject misery.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
That year was my first experience at Kinnick Stadium.
We played Ohio State. We lost 45-11. I fell in love.
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I hadn't yet become a fan.
I’ve been spoiled. Since I spent my childhood in Charlotte, NC I was a Tar Heel growing up. Got to Iowa City in ‘03-’04 and it’s been impossible not to be a fan.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I had always wanted to go.
But my parents were not the best off financially back then and I was twelve. My buddy’s parents literally couldn’t find anyone to go so they just took a bunch of kids with all the tickets they could scrounge up. It was a blast, I had never been in an environment like that before. I now go constantly.
My goal is to bring my dad to a game in the next couple years. He has been a lifelong hawkeye fan and has never been to watch a game.
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I would argue that '98 was worse.
We’re used to it now, but the sight of ISU celebrating on our field after a lifetime having having failed to do so was pretty traumatic. Add to that the general hopelessness surrounding the team, the awful loss to Minnesota in the finale and the sad, unceremonious retirement of Hayden (followed by a Hell of a lot of anger by the coaching search results), and it pretty much made for my most miserable season as a Hawkeye. The next year was simply a start-from-scratch scenario.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Oct 8, 2011 10:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Anyone watching Sons of Anarchy this year?
Much improved from last year’s Ireland bullshit.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yes, but I'm still 2 episodes behind.
Tuesday’s an odd night for TV and it keeps getting lost in the shuffle.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Me too.
I liked the first couple eps OK. We’ll never get back to the great S2 though.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:46 PM CDT up reply actions
I think there was more mileage in the white supremacists than what they got out of it.
But what we got was pretty awesome, so hey.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Shit is happening quickly. I've been impressed with the speed of the plotting.
Especially after spending so long spinning their wheels with the Abel nonsense.
The Juice plotline isn’t really working for me.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I haven't quite figured out how that's going to play out.
I don’t recall SAMCRO being a whites only club before. Feels like Sutter pulled that whole deal out of his ass.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess real life MCs are pretty notoriously racist.
But it’s something they could stand to explain a bit more in the show. They should really spell out why being half-black is so much worse than being Puerto Rican.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Exactly.
It’s not as if him not being white was ever an issue before. All of a sudden having a black dad is a big problem? Seems forced. Oh well.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Lalalalallalallala
/pissed that hulu and fx can’t come to an agreement for Archer and SoA
Well, isn't what LeBron did last night the living embodiment of The Secret, leaving millions on the table and turning himself into a hometown villain, all for the sake of winning?
Neil Paine, basketball-reference.com
But it could just be desperation for a good football team speaking.
We’ve sort of been lulled into upper middle expectations, methinks.
Listen, If our defense improves.
and our offense stays at the current level. We win more games than we originally thought.
by KirksGumInHaydensStas on Oct 7, 2011 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
thank god someone else has some swagger with me.
I was thinking two TDs but mainly because PSU offense is terribad. They’ll give the ball away on a couple key possessions and the score is probably further than the two teams actually are. Iowa just matches up really well with PSU this year to get the road win.
My only real concern from the fan perspective is the lack of vitriol this year...
…it’s what really fueled my PSU hate the past few years.
Any WTF listeners?
Jon Hamm & Bryan Cranston were on this week and it was incredible. Cranston has me pulling hairs out waiting for the Breaking Bad finale on Sunday.
Listened to the one where Ira Glass blacks out drunk.
And have proceeded to podcast a variety of the episodes. Very funny stuff.
Jebus plugged the Dan Harmon issue on Twitter some months back and I was instantly hooked.
I bought a premium subscription and got thru 200 eps in a few weeks.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
They're stacking up on my iPod. I need to listen to those 2 for sure.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Cranston gives a teaser for Sunday's closing shot
Spoiler free, but enough description that I’ve been looking for anything Breaking Bad related to help me get thru the next 2 days.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been listening to the Ricky Gervais show again now that I have them all on my iPod.
I just love those 3. So good.
But yeah, I’m really looking forward to the Breaking Bad finale, you guys.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Warming Glow had a "who's gonna die" thread.
I’m having a hard time believing that anyone other than a third tier character can be killed off at this point. There are a few people I wouldn’t mind seeing killed off, though.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 10:59 PM CDT up reply actions
I really believe *SPOILERS BELOW PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN BREAKING BAD*
Gus is going down. The situation with Walt is untenable. They can no longer co-exist.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions
If that's the person, I can't imagine we'll be certain until the opening scene of next season.
I believe the episode is called “Face Off” so it’s completely reasonable.
Early on I was really hoping they’d kill the fat cripple, but he had a huge resurgence and now I’ve come to realize that he absolutely cannot go.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
It was awesome how, around mid-point this season, Walt was in the clear and just couldn’t help himself. They were at dinner at Hank’s and he laid the groundwork for Hank to start investigating Heisenberg again. He just HAD to stroke his own ego and it’s the reason he’s so fucked right now. Walt did this to himself.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 7, 2011 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that inability to give credit to anyone else really bit Walt in the ass.
by The Mexican't on Oct 7, 2011 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I wonder if he's always been like this
Or if it’s partially because he’s had great ideas that were stolen from him. Remember in S1 when we met his rich friends and they used to “work with Walt” and then developed the idea (whatever it was IIRC they led us to believe it was HIS idea) that made them rich and left him working at a car wash?
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
I think that's exactly why that story was shown.
Walt is sick of not getting credit for his genius and he’s embraced his inner-Honey Badger. He just doesn’t give a fuck anymore and he’s not letting some karaoke loving geek take credit for his formula. I love Walt in his current form, but there’s no denying that he’s become an evil motherfucker.
by The Mexican't on Oct 8, 2011 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I love STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA.
None of her other albums have hooked me as much as that one.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Well
I’m always late to the party on finding artists. I only first heard her this summer and have been collecting some of her songs since. BTW, the way I heard her was listening to a stream from WFUV , a public station in NY. They have an iphone app and NPR has a music app for all thier stations…nice
Yeah, some of her recent albums have gotten tons of praise.
They just haven’t blown me away as much as STORIES…
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I really enjoyed her video on Beavis and Butthead.
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 8, 2011 3:28 AM CDT up reply actions
If I found a genie lamp
I’d be really tempted to wish for a chance to have a free cock punch at every male Boise fan in the USandA.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 7, 2011 11:07 PM CDT reply actions
Boise is really really good at beating on other ranked team's warm up matches
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Oct 7, 2011 11:08 PM CDT reply actions
I have never hated a QB more than Moore
because he does that stupid touble gun shoot thing when he manages to beat such powerhouses as Utah State and Idaho. He could be the nicest guy alive, but il always hate him for that.
plus he has a horseface.
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Oct 7, 2011 11:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Fugly yes
But I remember (sorta remember) watching an early non conference game his frosh year where he was getting pasted but still completing passes… as a freshman: so impressive. He’s a Drew Brees I think.
He is very good and I think that's a good comparison
But I still don’t think Moore has the arm strength to play in the NFL. Brees has a stronger arm, and he was no world-beater until he got in Payton’s system in New Orleans. Moore reminds me more of Danny Wuerffel. Not to say he’ll never be any good but his options will consists of about 2 or 3 teams that will have the system to match him.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
Arm strength just doesn't matter much anymore
From the 1950s until the mid 80s, it did. Michael Bishop and JaMarcus Russel have to rue the fact that they weren’t born 40 years earlier. Jim Plunkett and Joe Namath had better be glad they played when they did.
Quick reads, a quick release, and accuracy within 30 yards are all that matters anymore. As the BHGP cliche goes, there were many factors that went into this: more rules protecting QBs, a sleeker football, smaller pads, more strict pass interference rules, the invention / adoption of the zone blitz, faster CBs…they all played a part in making passing easier to do, passing efficiency more important, and the ability to make big plays with the QB’s arm less so.
Does the NFL completely realize this? No, I don’t think so, but for the most part they do. Can Moore be a good NFL QB? Give him a decent O-line and a couple guys with good hands, sure. Barring that, no. This goes for pretty much every NFL QB.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
You don't need a cannon but you need an arm.
It still matters very much. You have very little time and very small windows to fit the ball into.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
I'd agree with that
I’d just say that the majority of 1A QBs and a good handful of lower division guys have such an arm: not necessarily a cannon, but adequate
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
I BLAME TRESSEL!
"Your spelling and grammar errors belie a seriously skilled thought process"- therealCatnuts
by justsomehawkeyefan on Oct 7, 2011 11:28 PM CDT up reply actions
DeVier LOHLsey
"Let me finish or I will hammerpunch your clavicle." -Steve Youngblood
by SomeJerkPoster on Oct 8, 2011 3:30 AM CDT up reply actions
He'll be back for Penn State and Michigan
But this hurts OSU big time. He was the one player they had out that I thought could really make that team better. Boom Herron is a talented back, but consistent goodness has never been his thing; he’s arguably only the 3rd best back on the team. Adding a solid O-lineman will help, but as Penn State has ably demonstrated, and not in a good way, over the years, a less talented offensive line with no weak links >>> a talented offensive line with one or two duds. Ohio State will still be starting a couple bad lineman.
Much as I mock OSU’s QB situation, and deservedly so (they won’t admit to it, but they would trade for McGloin in a heartbeat), Bauserman has chemistry with Posey. They play well together. This is mildly frightening.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
It is a bit fortunate that they get him back for the 2 biggest games left on their schedule.
I think PSU has less to worry about that Michigan, though. He’ll work out the kinks against the Lions and, if the Bauserman/Posey connection is strong, he’ll have a 170 yard day against Michigan.
by The Mexican't on Oct 8, 2011 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
And the PSU secondary should be healthier by then
The prospect of Iowa going no huddle today is scary as hell, because this secondary, while really good, is very dinged up
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
I'm out of the loop. Why the additional suspension?
by EnergizerHawk on Oct 8, 2011 8:59 AM CDT up reply actions
Came from the NCAA, not Ohio State
which makes it even more curious that he’ll be back for PSU and Michigan
As to why, they found Posey’s benefits received to be larger and over a longer period of time than the others
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
Woo!
Thanks.
/not celebrating Posey’s suspension, wait, who am I kidding? CHEATERS!
by EnergizerHawk on Oct 8, 2011 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Just realized
The top 9 teams in MLB in terms of payroll are no longer playing. Detroit is #10, St. Louis is #12, Texas is #13, and Milwaukee is #16
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
First off, GO HAWKEYES!!
Second, GO CARDINALS!
Third, is College Gameday making anyone else hungry? That food looks really damn tasty.
Tony LaRussa is a surly prick
but I have nothing but the most sincere admiration for his abilities as a manager. I don’t think people realize that he may be one of the 3-5 greatest coaching minds in any sport over the last 50 years. That may seem like a bold statement but go back and think about it.
The “Go-Go” White Sox weren’t particularly talented but he squeezed every ounce out of them. He built the A’s into a juggernaut (albeit one that underachieved) and then took control of a foundering Cardinals franchise and turned them into a maddeningly consistent squad despite a thoroughly average payroll (competing in a division against a top-5 payroll).
Back in ‘06 The Onion ran hilarious capsules on each of the playoff teams’ chances. They were full of pithy remarks about Jim Leyland’s smoking and Omar Minaya’s social habits and whatnot. Under the Cardinals entry it simply read “nope”. And then they won. And here they are again, the afterthought of baseball’s postseason, having just unseated what is possibly the best pitching staff I’ve seen in my quarter century of baseball viewership.
The guy can manage.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Oct 8, 2011 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions
And somehow, whenever we should win the WS, we don't
Which is why I think we may have a pretty damn good shot this year, since nobody believes in us
I don't know if baseball managers belong among "great coaching minds"
I’m not saying what he does is easy, I’m just saying a baseball manager’s role in winning doesn’t even come close to that of a football or basketball coach. It feels like comparing a jockey to a football player in terms of athleticism.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
I think that's an oversimplification.
I think their responsibilities are totally different. Baseball managers, more than in just about any other profession, have to play amateur psychologist on a daily/hourly basis. Few things are as vulnerable as a professional baseball player’s psyche and the ability to tweak or nurture them in just the right way is a delicate science.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Oct 8, 2011 11:53 AM CDT up reply actions
ESPN just put up a graphic that says "keep calling your cable provider" about the Longhorn Network
I understand that they’re technically just promoting their investment, but something seems wrong about it. At least just make it a commercial or something rather than a graphic during Gameday
It can be profitable
I just think ESPN is really overestimating the state of Texas’ interest in the Longhorns when Texas is meh or worse (not to mention if that coincides with decency by A&M), and overestimating interest in Texas east of the Mississippi, west of the Rockies, or north of Kansas.
The same was said about the Big Ten Network, so I guess there’s a chance, but the Big Ten had 3 teams that are consistently in the top 10, if not top 5, in TV ratings, even when they suck. Now it has 4. That doesn’t even consider Indiana basketball, which is also a highly TV-rated program, even when they suck.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
RIP Al Davis
or depending on your take, Rest in Pieces
Talking out of turn... That's a paddlin’. Looking out the window... That's a paddlin’. Staring at my sandals... That's a paddling. Paddling the school canoe...ooh, you better believe that's a paddlin’.
No doubt that the NFL would be very, very different without him
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever
Except Saturday
Beat Iowa
Woohoo!
Awesome screen name! Obscure Simpsons references FTW!
by EastLosRandy on Oct 8, 2011 10:46 AM CDT up reply actions
thanks!
Talking out of turn... That's a paddlin’. Looking out the window... That's a paddlin’. Staring at my sandals... That's a paddling. Paddling the school canoe...ooh, you better believe that's a paddlin’.
by SantosL.Halper on Oct 8, 2011 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions
I had a semi-obscure Simpsons reference as my name for a long time
then randomly stopped using it for some reason about a year ago.
SantosL.Halper is much better than my old one, though. I might have to think of yet another new name to win back my Simpsons cred.
Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.
by KilometersDavis on Oct 8, 2011 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Lieutenant L.T. Smash, perhaps
or is that too “new” Simpsons?
Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.
by KilometersDavis on Oct 8, 2011 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions
"The tag on the shirt!!"
anyone see the awesome utterly bizarre Ren and Stimpy-style opening a while back? Just too too cool
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/simpsons-ren-and-stimpy/
Talking out of turn... That's a paddlin’. Looking out the window... That's a paddlin’. Staring at my sandals... That's a paddling. Paddling the school canoe...ooh, you better believe that's a paddlin’.
by SantosL.Halper on Oct 8, 2011 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
I did.
I never watched much Ren and Stimpy, but I knew enough to get the reference.
Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.
by KilometersDavis on Oct 8, 2011 11:14 AM CDT up reply actions
THRILLHO
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 8, 2011 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd love to see OSU beat Nebbie today.
Mostly because I’m fairly certain that OSU will lose to Illinois, WIsconsin, and probably Michigan and I like the idea that Nebraska could be out of the B1GCG before November.
I'd love to see monkeys flying out of someone's butt.
Which I feel is slightly more likely than seeing o$u win today.
And I would like to see Nebraska eliminated from the CCG on Nov 25.
by EastLosRandy on Oct 8, 2011 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Nebraska probably has just one more loss on their schedule before Iowa.
I think it’ll be more fun to see them struggle this year just to keep them humble
by The Mexican't on Oct 8, 2011 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Herbie and Corso both just picked Iowa over PSU.
Guest picker Blake Griffin picked PSU with a decidedly slack-jawed look on his face.
Anyone else play FIFA 12?
Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.
by KilometersDavis on Oct 8, 2011 10:57 AM CDT reply actions
Yes, but I've since returned it with no plans to purchase.
by The Mexican't on Oct 8, 2011 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
So I'm guessing you experienced the same issues that are driving me crazy?
Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.
by KilometersDavis on Oct 8, 2011 10:59 AM CDT up reply actions
My issue was the giant difference in difficulty between semi-pro and professional.
I was slaughtering teams at semi-pro and couldn’t score in professional. It was stupid and I lost interest quickly. Can only win 7-0 so many times.
by The Mexican't on Oct 8, 2011 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, I finally got used to professional
and don’t mind the higher difficulty, except that it seems artificial.
The AI for the player-controlled team is infinitely dumber than the CPU. And a computer player with 72 speed (with the ball) should not out-run a defender with 80 speed 100% of the time. Collision detection seems to affect the user-controlled players much, much worse as well. Etc., etc., etc.
So, yeah, the difficulty comes from stacking the deck against the player instead of the more organic and subtle increases in competition in past years.
Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.
by KilometersDavis on Oct 8, 2011 11:10 AM CDT up reply actions
Exactly.
And the player’s AI teammates are idiots at the professional difficulty. Luis Suarez isn’t going to dribble the ball around the 18, and yet he refused to put the ball on target unless my player is telling him to fire away. I have my own responsibilities, I shouldn’t have to tell my star striker when to fire.
by The Mexican't on Oct 8, 2011 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Oh, the number of times I've just sat there waiting for a teammate to make a run . . .
I won the MLS Cup this morning. But that was more a function of getting used to the stupid quirks over time than anything else. It’s not as fun as FIFA 10, which is the last version I bought.
I’ll know not to trust the reviews next year, at least.
(And yes, I’m playing an MLS career)
Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.
by KilometersDavis on Oct 8, 2011 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions
So Texas was unranked in the AP preseason poll
but now they are nearly in the top 10 after beating Rice, BYU, UCLA, and Iowa State (collectively 8-10)?
Spare me your space-age techno-babble, Attila the Hun.
by KilometersDavis on Oct 8, 2011 11:30 AM CDT reply actions
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